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                misson</h4>
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                Mosaic exists to encourage people to begin their faith journey, to create a community
                where all can belong, to introduce people to a real Jesus in whom they can believe,
                and to encourage people to grow in their relationships with Christ and each other,
                so that together, we can all be whole.</p>
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                core passion</h4>
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                Mosaic&#8217;s Core Passion is Worship. We worship by teaching the life changing
                truth of Scripture through culturally relevant environments and methods. We worship
                by striving for excellence in all we do, believing that excellence honors God and
                inspires people. We worship by creating authentic community through our transparency
                and loving relationships. We worship by sharing the Good News that God desires to
                know and be known by all people.</p>
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                vision</h4>
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                To become a faith community in Irvington that daily lives out the gospel of Jesus
                Christ in all of its beauty through creative teaching, embracing and emphasizing
                the arts, equipping believers for ministry, acts of service, and transformational
                discipleship.</p>
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                beliefs</h4>
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                We believe that the Bible (both the Old and New Testament) is the Word of God, and
                is therefore completely true as it was originally revealed by God to its human authors.
                <em>2 Timothy 3:15-16, 2 Peter 1:20-21</em></p>
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                We believe in God the Father, the maker of heaven and earth. We believe that God
                is eternal, He always was and always will be. We believe that God is not far from
                us, and desires to know and be known by all people. <em>Genesis 1, Isaiah 40:28, James
                    4:8</em></p>
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                We believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of the living God. We believe that
                Jesus was sent to earth in the form of a man to redeem the world. He is the Messiah,
                or Savior, who died on a cross to pay the penalty for our sin, He arose from the
                dead three days later and ascended to heaven. <em>Matthew 16:16, Philippians 2:6-8;
                    John 3:16, 1Corinthians 15:3-4, Acts 1:1-2</em></p>
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                We believe that the Holy Spirit is the indwelling presence of God in our lives.
                He empowers and emboldens us for works of service; and He enables us to understand
                and live out God&#8217;s will in our lives. <em>1 Corinthians 3:16, 1 Corinthians 12:7,
                    John 16:13-15, Acts 1:8</em></p>
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                We believe that all people are made in the image of God our creator, and therefore
                have inherent worth and value. We have been separated from God by our own selfish
                and disobedient attitudes and choices, known as sin. God desires to be reunited
                with us, and has made this possible through His Son Jesus. <em>Genesis 1:27, Romans
                    3:23, Romans 5:9-12</em></p>
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                We believe that Salvation is a gift from God that cannot be earned, but is given
                freely to those who accept His Son, Jesus. We believe that upon accepting Jesus
                one should repent of their sins (turn away from their selfish and disobedient attitudes
                and choices), confess Jesus as their Lord and Savior (tell others what they believe
                about Jesus), be baptized in His name (immersed in water as a symbolic death and
                resurrection), and then live daily for Him (trading our desires and choices for
                His desires and choices). <em>John 3:16, Ephesians 2:8-9, Acts 2:38, Romans 10:9-10,
                    Romans 14:7-8</em>
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